Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Catalano
Giuseppe Catalano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240139001Abstract: A prosthetic feedback device to be associated with a prosthesis equipped with a motor for controlling the same prosthesis is provided The device includes an attachment body configured to be in direct contact with the user; at least one air chamber interposed at least partially between the body and the user; an inflation circuit for inflating the chamber; and a circuit board to control the inflation of the chamber by the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Federica BARONTINI, Antonio BICCHI, Matteo BIANCHI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Cristiano PETROCELLI, Mattia POGGIANI
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Publication number: 20240116192Abstract: A process of interacting with objects is provided including a robot with an end effector, a driver of the end effector and sensors for acquiring at least one environmental or interaction parameter; a computer for controlling the robot; an instruction block configured to instruct the robot to move the end effector according to instructions defined by the instruction block.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Antonio BICCHI, Gianluca LENTINI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI
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Patent number: 11926061Abstract: Logistic device, for handling a package being collected that defines a contact surface with items not being collected, including a first robotic arm including adaptive gripper having at least three degrees of freedom to modify adaptive gripper position and spatial orientation; a second robotic arm including an end effector defining a resting surface and three degrees of freedom to modify end effector position and spatial orientation; control unit to command the first robotic arm to contact the adaptive gripper and package, to deform the adaptive gripper according to adhesion surface between the package and move the package from a storage position wherein the contact surface contacts the items and a collection position wherein the contact surface does not contact the items; the second robotic arm bringing the end effector resting surface into contact with the contact surface; and then the second robotic arm to move the package.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITA′ DI PISAInventors: Manolo Garabini, Danilo Caporale, Alessandro Settimi, Lucia Pallottino, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Vinicio Tincani, Antonio Bicchi
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Publication number: 20230391410Abstract: A robotic foot, to rest on a support surface and including: an attachment to an external object; a chain defining a contact area with the support surface; a first arm constrained to the chain at a first end of the chain and hinged to the attachment; a second arm constrained to the chain at a second end of the chain and hinged to the attachment; and elastic member adapted to reciprocally spread the arms keeping the chain taut and opposing a deformation of the chain when in contact with the irregular support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Marco HUTTER, Riccardo PERSICHINI, Fabio BONOMO, Giorgio VALSECCHI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Cristiano PETROCELLI, Mathew Jose POLLAYIL, Manolo GARABINI, Antonio BICCHI
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Publication number: 20230382476Abstract: A robot including a limb including a robotic foot defining a contact area to a resting surface and an anchoring body of the robotic foot; a motor for moving the limb and a control unit for the motor; the robotic foot includes an attachment to the anchoring body; a contact member defining the contact area; a joint block of the contact member to the attachment including a first hinge between the contact member and the attachment, a second hinge between the contact member and contact and attachment; an additional hinge between attachment and joint block; at least one sensor for measuring a rotation; an additional sensor for measuring the additional rotation; and the control unit is configured to drive the motor according to the measurement of the rotations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Antonio BICCHI, Manolo GARABINI, Mathew Jose POLLAYIL, Cristiano PETROCELLI, Giorgio GRIOLI, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio VALSECCHI, Fabio BONOMO, Riccardo PERSICHINI, Marco HUTTER
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Publication number: 20220203542Abstract: Logistic device, for handling a package being collected that defines a contact surface with items not being collected, including a first robotic arm including adaptive gripper having at least three degrees of freedom to modify adaptive gripper position and spatial orientation; a second robotic arm including an end effector defining a resting surface and three degrees of freedom to modify end effector position and spatial orientation; control unit to command the first robotic arm to contact the adaptive gripper and package, to deform the adaptive gripper according to adhesion surface between the package and move the package from a storage position wherein the contact surface contacts the items and a collection position wherein the contact surface does not contact the items; the second robotic arm bringing the end effector resting surface into contact with the contact surface; and then the second robotic arm to move the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Manolo GARABINI, Danilo CAPORALE, Alessandro SETTIMI, Lucia PALLOTTINO, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Vinicio TINCANI, Antonio BICCHI
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Patent number: 10912661Abstract: An artificial hand is provided. The artificial includes phalanges suitable to reproduce at least one finger, hinges hinging a first element identifying a phalanx to a second element identifying a second phalanx, and an implementation mechanism suitable to command a reciprocal rotation between the hinges defining a mutual rotation speed between the first and second element. The hinges define different damping coefficients so that, during a mutual rotation of the first and second element, they are subject to distinct damping forces opposing mutual rotation and proportional to the mutual rotation speed so as to vary the movement of the artificial hand as a function of the mutual rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIAInventors: Antonio Biicchi, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina
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Patent number: 10695913Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISAInventors: Antonio Bicchi, Cosimo Della Santina, Alberto Brando, Cristina Piazza, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli
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Patent number: 10667309Abstract: A method of enabling inter-mobile network proximity services through a direct link between mobile communication devices attached to different mobile networks, the method comprising: selecting and configuring at least one first mobile communication device attached to a first mobile network among said different mobile networks for the acquisition of configuration data related to proximity services of at least a second mobile network among said different mobile networks, said configuration data related to proximity services comprising information about radio resources assigned in said second mobile network for the proximity services; having the selected and configured first mobile communication device report the acquired configuration data related to proximity services of the at least a second mobile network to at least one between: the first mobile network, and at least one second mobile communication device located in proximity of the first mobile communication device.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Andrea Buldorini, Giuseppe Catalano, Maurizio Fodrini
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Publication number: 20190269528Abstract: An artificial hand is provided. The artificial includes phalanges suitable to reproduce at least one finger, hinges hinging a first element identifying a phalanx to a second element identifying a second phalanx, and an implementation mechanism suitable to command a reciprocal rotation between the hinges defining a mutual rotation speed between the first and second element. The hinges define different damping coefficients so that, during a mutual rotation of the first and second element, they are subject to distinct damping forces opposing mutual rotation and proportional to the mutual rotation speed so as to vary the movement of the artificial hand as a function of the mutual rotation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIAInventors: Antonio BIICCHI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Manolo GARABINI, Cristina PIAZZA, Cosimo DELLA SANTINA
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Publication number: 20180311827Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIAInventors: Antonio BICCHI, Cosimo DELLA SANTINA, Alberto BRANDO, Cristina PIAZZA, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI
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Publication number: 20180235019Abstract: A method of enabling inter-mobile network proximity services through a direct link between mobile communication devices attached to different mobile networks, the method comprising: selecting and configuring at least one first mobile communication device attached to a first mobile network among said different mobile networks for the acquisition of configuration data related to proximity services of at least a second mobile network among said different mobile networks, said configuration data related to proximity services comprising information about radio resources assigned in said second mobile network for the proximity services; having the selected and configured first mobile communication device report the acquired configuration data related to proximity services of the at least a second mobile network to at least one between: the first mobile network, and at least one second mobile communication device located in proximity of the first mobile communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Andrea BULDORINI, Giuseppe CATALANO, Maurizio FODRINI
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Patent number: 9655132Abstract: A method for controlling a heterogeneous wireless network (100) is proposed. The heterogeneous wireless network comprises at least one first base station (115) which manages communication of a plurality of first user equipments (125M) positioned in at least one first cell (105) and at least one second base station (120) which manages communication of a plurality of second user equipments (125p) positioned in at least one second cell (110). Moreover, in the heterogeneous network (100), for each first user equipment (125M) the at least one first base station (115) provides a respective first allocation information set over a respective first allocation time interval. Similarly, the at least one second base station (120) provides for each second user equipment (125p) a respective second allocation information set over a respective second allocation time interval.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giuseppe Catalano, Gian Michele Dell'Aera, Bruno Melis
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Patent number: 9227328Abstract: A variable pliability actuator is provided to move a movable component including two electric rotary motors, at least one output shaft connected to be set in rotation by the motors around a rotation axis, an elastic transmission system to enable motion transfer from the motors to the output shaft and to vary the pliability the output shaft, a control unit to adjust at least the pliability of the output shaft through the elastic transmission system, and a holding structure to hold at least the motors, the elastic transmission system, the output shaft and the control unit. The holding structure has a driving output placed at the outer surface controlled by the output shaft and connected to set the movable component in rotation about the rotation axis, at least one stiff coupling element to enable a stiff connection of the holding structure, and a support output opposite the driving output, substantially coaxial with the rotation axis and partly housing and stabilizing the rotation of the movable component.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITA DI PISA CENTRO INTERDIPARTIMENTALE DI RICERCA “E. PIAGGIO”Inventors: Antonio Bicchi, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli
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Publication number: 20150208425Abstract: A method for controlling a heterogeneous wireless network (100) is proposed. The heterogeneous wireless network comprises at least one first base station (115) which manages communication of a plurality of first user equipments (125M) positioned in at least one first cell (105) and at least one second base station (120) which manages communication of a plurality of second user equipments (125p) positioned in at least one second cell (110). Moreover, in the heterogeneous network (100), for each first user equipment (125M) the at least one first base station (115) provides a respective first allocation information set over a respective first allocation time interval. Similarly, the at least one second base station (120) provides for each second user equipment (125p) a respective second allocation information set over a respective second allocation time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Caretti, Giuseppe Catalano, Gian Michele Dell'aera, Bruno Melis
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Patent number: 8391857Abstract: A method allows the selection of a user-preferred visited mobile network for a roaming mobile terminal of a subscriber of a home network. The method includes, at the home network, the steps of receiving information on the location of the roaming mobile terminal, and receiving from the roaming mobile terminal service information including at least a choice of a service and controlling the selection of the visited mobile network for the roaming mobile terminal on the basis of the received service information and location information.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe Catalano, Davide Mamino, Marco Marchisio
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Patent number: 8238895Abstract: In a wireless communications network having a base station subsystem controlling at least one network cell, and in which the base station subsystem communicates with mobile stations in the cell through radio blocks, a method of distributing information contents received in data packets at the base station subsystem to the mobile stations, includes obtaining, starting from the data packets, radio blocks to be transmitted through the network cell, labeling the radio blocks with a first radio link identifier, identifying a logic connection between a mobile station and the base station subsystem, communicating the first radio link identifier to a first mobile station in the network cell, and in case at least one second mobile station in the network cell, asks to receive the information contents, communicating thereto the first radio link identifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.Inventors: Davide Sorbara, Enrico Zucca, Mario Madella, Giuseppe Catalano
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Publication number: 20120096973Abstract: A variable pliability actuator for moving a movable component and including rotary electric motors, an output shaft rotated by the motors, around a rotation axis an elastic transmission system for transferring motion from the motors to the output shaft and for varying the pliability of output shaft, a control unit for adjusting that pliability through the elastic transmission system, and a holding structure defining an outer surface and an inner volume for holding the electric motors, elastic transmission system, output shaft and control unit. The holding structure has a driving output controlled by the output shaft and rotates the movable component, at least one stiff coupling element for enabling a stiff connection of the holding structure, and a support output opposite to the driving output and substantially coaxial with the rotation axis to partly house and stabilize the rotation of the movable component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSITA DI PISA CENTRO INTERDIPARTOMENTALE DI RICERCA "E. PIAGGIO"Inventors: Antonio Bicchi, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli
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Publication number: 20090215447Abstract: A method allows the selection of a user-preferred visited mobile network for a roaming mobile terminal of a subscriber of a home network. The method includes, at the home network, the steps of receiving information on the location of the roaming mobile terminal, and receiving from the roaming mobile terminal service information including at least a choice of a service and controlling the selection of the visited mobile network for the roaming mobile terminal on the basis of the received service information and location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2005Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Giuseppe Catalano, Davide Mamino, Marco Marchisio
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Publication number: 20070265012Abstract: In a wireless communications network having a base station subsystem controlling at least one network cell, and in which the base station subsystem communicates with mobile stations in the cell through radio blocks, a method of distributing information contents received in data packets at the base station subsystem to the mobile stations, includes obtaining, starting from the data packets, radio blocks to be transmitted through the network cell, labeling the radio blocks with a first radio link identifier, identifying a logic connection between a mobile station and the base station subsystem, communicating the first radio link identifier to a first mobile station in the network cell, and in case at least one second mobile station in the network cell, asks to receive the information contents, communicating thereto the first radio link identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2004Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.Inventors: Davide Sorbara, Enrico Zucca, Mario Madella, Giuseppe Catalano